Austria votes lure coalition as Socialists gain seats
In Vienna the Socialists win six more seats to 73 in the 165 seat lower chamber, while the People's Party holds 74. President Koerner may task Leopold Figl to form a new cabinet with Socialist participation. Communists and neo Nazis lose ground as voters, including many youths, show unemployment concerns.
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Catholic Peoples Party
Theodor Koerner
Fig
Oskar Helmer
Peoples Party
League of Independents
Communists
Vienna
Chiang Renounces Yalta Treaty Over Manchuria Ports
Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist China says the 1945 Sino Soviet treaty granting Russia rights to Dairen and Port Arthur is null and void. He cites Moscow accord origins at Yalta and links to plans for Outer Mongolia, with cabinet approval pending legislative action.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Free China
Russia
Moscow
Yalta
Dairen
Port Arthur
George Yeh
United States
China
Coeds Escape Fire in Antioch Dormitory Fire
A four story women’s dormitory at Antioch College in Yellow Springs burned Sunday night. Ninety nine coeds escaped safely as fire spread from attic to roof with wind and low water pressure hampering efforts. The building dating to 1853 was insured for 188000. replacement costs may reach five hundred thousand.
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Antioch College
Old North Hall
Douglas McGregor
Horace Mann
Antioch
Greene County
Clark County
Rufus C. Mead
Natick
Mass
Mead
W. B. Alexander
Yank Bombers Blast Enemy Supply Center
Allied warplanes struck Communist supply arteries with heavy raids across western Korea. U S B29s hit supply centers near Chaeryong and repair facilities near Pyongyang while B26 bombers targeted northern regions. Ground action along the 155 mile front diminished to a near standstill as infantry repelled two probing attacks.
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U. S
Chaeryong
Korea
Pyongyang
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Five Seized In Gem Theft Case Ties To La Jolla Robbery
Police said four gunmen robbed the Casa de Manana Hotel in La Jolla of cash and gems totaling 86 000 dollars and jewels valued at 10 000 dollars from actress Arlene Judge. Five suspects including Walter Basile Eddie Vaughn Don Holcomb Harry Meyerhoff and Claudette Meyerhoff were rounded up at a Los Angeles residence and held for San Diego and Beverly Hills authorities. The four gunmen struck the hotel last Thursday.
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Casa de Manana
la Jolla
Arlene Judge
San Diego
Beverly Hills
Walter Basile
Eddie Vaughn
Don Holcomb
Harry Meyerhoff
Claudette
Meyerhoff
St. Louis
Youth dies in rifle game near McPherson
A 11yearold boy named Philip Kumle was killed when playing a game with .22 rifles in McPherson Kansas. He and three other youths tested how close they could shoot to each other without hitting. Undersheriff Lyle Dickinson said one boy’s aim was off and Kumle was shot in the head.
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Mcpherson
Kan
Lyle Dickinson
Phillip Kumle
Blast Wrecks Plant Doing Secret Navy Research
A secret Navy research facility near Newark suffered a massive explosion Saturday. Two aircraft fuel experts were killed and at least five others injured as the blast damaged 11 nearby plants with an estimated one million dollars in losses. FBI probes the incident.
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Newark
N. J
FBI
McKay Urges Immediate Hawaii Statehood Start
Secretary of the Interior McKay urged Congress to admit Hawaii as the 49th state once President confirms all congressional requirements are met. He opposed delaying statehood for a separate constitutional bill noting Hawaii’s proposed constitution has existed for over two years and aligns with good government principles.
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Secretary of the
McKay Hoo
Congress
Hawaii
House Interior Subcommittee
McKay
Koreans Fire On Jap Boats Near Korean Coast
Tokyo reports Japan protests the killing of a Japanese fisherman and seizure of two fishing boats by South Korean police near the Korean coast earlier this month. Foreign Minister Okazaki said the fisherman was killed and Yong Shik Kim in Tokyo acknowledged the incident but argued Japanese fishermen infringed Korea's territorial waters despite warnings.
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Tokyo
Japan
Katsuo Okazaki
Yong Shik Kim
Republic of Korea
Mass Escape Stopped At Montgomery Jail
A mass escape plot at the Montgomery County jail near Dayton was foiled Saturday night. Walter Massey of Danville Kentucky James B. Ross of Dayton and Jack Burns of Dayton admitted planning the break. Deputies found a dummy gun carved from shelving and scorched with matches in Massey's cell.
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Dayton
Montgomery County
Barnard L. Keller
Walter Massey
Danville
James B. Ross
Jack Burns
Massey
Farm prices level off says Aiken amid market debate
Sen. Aiken states farm prices have passed the peril point with stabilizing levels and possible small rises ahead. The Agriculture Department forecasts February farm income near two billion dollars, with January receipts around 2.7 billion. Livestock receipts in January total about 1.4 billion, roughly 6 percent below the prior year, as the Senate Agriculture Committee prepares a commodity sales hearing.
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Sen
Aiken
R-Vt
Akron
Agriculture Department
W Mp SR
Senate Agriculture Committee
20 000 Men To Take Part In Atom Tests
The Pentagon announced a 1953 atomic age warfare training series for 20 000 military personnel and hundreds of civilian officials. Arm y 12 1100 from the Army 3800 from the Navy and Marines and 4500 from the Air Force will attend. Civilians witnessing the first shot include governors mayors and civil defense workers. Tests expected to fire nuclear shells from the Army’s new 280 millimeter mobile gun in Nevada about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
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Pentagon
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Nevada
Las Vegas
Red Army marks 35th anniversary with vigilance calls
Moscow reports Soviet military leaders observed the Red Army anniversary with warnings about enemy agents and renewed attacks on the United States. Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, named chief of staff, wrote in Pravda while War Minister Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky urged tighter battle readiness and intensified vigilance.
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Moscow
Red Army
United States
Vassily Sokolovsky
Pravda
Communist Party
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Civil War veteran Townsend dies at 106 in Olla Louisiana
William Townsend known as the General and Louisiana’s last Civil War survivor died at his home in Olla at 106. A former Confederate private, he married his fourth wife in 1940 and leaves a son and two daughters from his first wife plus many grandchildren. He claimed long life came from faith whiskey and tobacco and recalled Ku Klux Klan ties during Reconstruction before reconciling with Union veterans.
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Olla
William Townsend
Louisiana
Townsend
Ku Klux Klan
Norfolk
New Orleans
Cherry Tale Tempts Tot in Cedar Knolls Incident
In Cedar Knolls New Jersey two six year olds imitate Washingtons cherry tree myth. George Metzgar Jr. climbed a limb and struck his cousin Roger Knowles with a hatchet causing a scalp wound treated at All Souls Hospital Morristown. Don King 15 of Waynesburg Pennsylvania felled a tree beside high tension lines cutting power to 250 families. he lost his picture.
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N. J
George Washington
George Metzgar Jr
Roger Knowles
Stroudsburg
Roger
All Soul's
Morristown
Don King
Waynesburg
Don
Sesqui Queen's Car Held Up by Mixup
Janet Bailey, Akron co ed chosen as Ohio's sesquicentennial queen, awaits a new car from Willys Overland Motors. The auto delivery was delayed due to a mixup after the queen's selection.
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Toledo
Ohio
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Janet Bailey
Akron
Willys-Overland
Jet Plant Workers Threaten to Strike
In Cincinnati, CIO Automobile Workers threaten to strike GE jet engine and nuclear propulsion plants after March 15. Auto workers voted 1014 to 89 to walk out if wage demands remain unmet by March 15, potentially idling 12,800 workers across two plants.
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Cincinnati
General Electric Co
CIO Automobile
Brakes Fail Trolley Toll Stands at 58
Mexico City officials report a brake failure and overloading caused a catastrophic head on trolley crash Saturday night killing 58 and injuring 82 seriously. Two antiquated cars, jammed with 90 picnickers, derailed on a steep grade as the front passengers were crushed.
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Mexico City
Eleven Die In Weekend Accidents In Ohio
Fire killed three Ohioans on Sunday raising the weekend accidental death toll to 16. Victims include Cecil Murphy 48 of Blue Creek in Adams County in a car truck collision on U S 52 west of Portsmouth Harold Ruth 28 and Viola Lucille 26 of Portsmouth died when their car spun on Ohio 73 near Portsmouth Sunday Henry Sanders 75 burned to death in his Cincinnati home Robert Sellman 77 burned in Sabina Frank Hudson 38 struck by a car on a Cincinnati street Otis Reaper 24 burned when a campfire accident on Run Ridge near Ironton
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Associated Press
Cecil Murphy
Blue Creek
Adams County
U. S
Portsmouth
Harold W. Ruth
Viola Lucille
Ohio
Henry Sanders
Cincinnati
Robert Sellman
Sabina
Frank Hudson
Otis Reaper
Run Ridge
Ironton
Bradley Hits War Slogans
Gen Omar Bradley at Rollins College denounces the slogan Let’s face the facts we’re already in World War III as false and dangerous He says the nation is in a tough period of tension not of our choosing and urges a clearer view of the situation to avoid being seduced by misleading rhetoric
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Winter Park
Fla
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rollins College
Taft Speaks At Wesleyan On Republican Day
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio delivers his first major speech since the elections at Ohio Wesleyan University. He speaks to students faculty and state GOP leaders at the morning session of Republican Day. Afternoon panel discussions are led by Ray Bliss state GOP chairman and Lawrence Burns Jr Coshocton County GOP leader.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Senate
Institute of Practical Politics
Ray C. Bliss
Lawrence Burns, Jr
Coshocton County
Siamese twins die after premature birth in hospital
In Lafayette Indiana two month premature Siamese twin girls born to a Chicago woman at a local hospital died early Sunday. The infants had survived only a short time after birth and the tragedy marks the end of the rare medical case.
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Lafayette
Ind
Chicago
Russell Sees Slim Hope Of Sharp Budget Cut
Senator Russell predicts only a small amount of defense waste can be trimmed, arguing a major cut would be unlikely. The report covers House and Senate budget actions, the supplemental bill, potential tax changes, and CIO Chief Reuther's critique of Republican plans.
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Russell
Bohlen Nomination as Moscow Envoy Advances
The Soviet Union reportedly accepted Charles E. Bohlen as U.S. ambassador to Moscow and the White House plans to announce the choice. If Senate confirms, Bohlen would replace George F. Kennan who has not served since being deemed personally unacceptable last Oct. 31 after his Berlin trip comments.
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Charles E. Bohlen
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Senate
Bohlen
George F. Kennan
Kremlin
Kennan
Berlin
Benny Hospitalized After Flu Delays TV Appearance
Comedian Jack Benny, felled by flu, is seen on a TV film from Cedars of Lebanon Hospital where a spokesman says his condition is fine. He was hospitalized after a severe stomach ailment forced cancellation of his Sunday television appearance in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Jack Benny
Cedars of Lebanon
Labor Groups Mourn Death Of Haywood
Wilkes-Barre Pa reports Allan Haywood longtime CIO vice president died after collapsing at a union meeting. His death comes days before leaders of CIO and AFL scheduled merger talks. The loss follows recent deaths of Philip Murray and Willy Green.
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Wilkes-Barre
Allan
Haywood
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Wilwy Green
The
Three Jets Crashed in Labrador Killing One Pilot
Reports say a United States Air Force pilot was killed, two injured, and a fourth missing after four F84 jets crashed near Goose Bay Labrador and near Greenland. The four planes were part of a 16 aircraft flight from the United States to Europe.
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ST. John's
Mid
U. S
Labrador
Greenland
Goose Bay
United States
Europe
Single Shot Nabs Pair in Pueblo Bank Robbery Slayings
Louis Sturgis and Virginia Iser, charged with a Kansas bank robbery and linked to the slayings of James and Billie Fahnestock, surrendered after a 90 mile per hour Pueblo chase. They faced FBI charges for the $48,907 theft at the Rosedale State Bank and were held on $50,000 bonds each.
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Pueblo
Colo
Kansas
Louis Albert Sturgis
Virginia May Iser
U. S
Jack Jenkins
FBI
Rosedale State Bank of
Kansas City
Kan
Jenkins
City
James Calloway Fahnestock
Billie
Fahnestocks
Sturgis
Miss Iser
Colorado
Clark pleads for sick POW exchange with Reds
Gen Mark Clark urged North Korean and Chinese Red bases in Korea to exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war with the UN. In a letter delivered at Panmunjom on Sunday he said the UN stands ready to carry out Geneva Convention provisions and asks if the Communists will proceed immediately with repatriation of seriously wounded UN personnel.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
Korea
United Nations Command
Clark
Panmunjom
Four Killed in Feud Between Cavazos and Trevino Kin
In Raymondville Texas a tavern gunfight between the Cavazos and Trevino brothers left four dead. Victims named include George Cavazos and Abanio Cavazos plus Lorenzo and Manuel Trevino. Narcisso Cavazos faced murder charges but was released on bond.
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Raymondville
Tex
Cavazos
Trevino
George Cavazos
Abanio Cavazos
Lorenzo Trevino
Manuel Trevino
Narcisso Cavazos
Awards Honor Carnes and Vindicator for Race Relations
In Youngstown Ohio awards from the Roberts Deliberating Club and the Buckeye Review recognized the Rev Paul W Carnes and the Youngstown Vindicator on Sunday for service in race relations.
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Roberts Deliberating Club
Buckeye Review
Paul W. Carnes
Youngstown Vindicator
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